With Do It! mode, you are guided through a task while you perform it in the live application. This unique mode makes it possible for you to accomplish real work while you learn.

When a topic is played in Do It! mode, the Do It! window opens on top of the target application. The top section of the window includes step-by-step instructions for completing the task. When you complete a step, you click the Next Step button to display instructions for the next step or to skip a step. The Previous Step button appears after you perform the first step in the topic, allowing you to move back to a previous step. If a key combination was set in the Preferences window, you can use that combination to advance to the next step in Do It! mode. A key combination is not available to navigate back to the previous step, however.

Note: The key combination to advance in Do It! mode does not work in Firefox.

The bottom section of the Do It! window displays a graphic that illustrates how the screen should appear in the live application for the step. On the graphic, a marquee surrounds the area in which you should perform the action in the live application. You can drag the graphic to reposition it within the Do It! window, if necessary. You can also drag the lower right corner of the Do It! window to resize it and display more of the graphic or you can use the Show/Hide Graphic button to toggle the display of the graphic in the Do It! window. You can also move the Do It! window to another area of the screen by dragging the title bar to the desired location on the screen.

Note: When using the Firefox browser, you can install the Firefox plug-in that always keeps the browser on top to keep the Do It! window on top of the application window.

Control the topic playback using the Actions link that appears in the Do It! window.

Show next Alternative action: Display other ways to perform the current step. This link only appears when other ways to perform the current step are defined in the authoring process.

Next Step: Advance to the next step.

Previous Step: Return to the previous step.

Restart Playback: Return to the first step in the topic and restart the task.

Display Concept: Display the conceptual information for the task. This link only appears if conceptual task information exists.

Attachments: Display individual links that launch additional information related to the current screen. This link only appears if additional information exists for the current screen.

Play: Display links to launch the topic in See It!, Try It!, or Print It! mode (if Print It! mode is enabled). After viewing the step in See It! or Try It! mode, you can continue in that mode or press ESC to return to Do It! mode.

Preferences: Display the current preference settings for the Player. If this link does not appear, your administrator has preset all of the preferences and has prevented them from being changed.

Help: Display the Player help system.

View Outline: This link only appears if the topic was launched in a context-sensitive manner from a target or web-based application. Close the topic and return to outline in the Player.

Close Topic: Close the topic in current play mode and return to the topic launch point.